[May68]

Of course Fergie had problems with one or two characters over the years, but I don't recall him ever casting out 1/3 of the squad at any one time.

Has TP 'cast out' one third of the squad? What squad are you referencing, the match-day squad (18 players), the Premier League squad (25 players), or the whole complement of professionals at the club? And how do you define 'cast out'? Berahino was named as a sub and came on against Newcastle but has caused serious problems as we all know, Gamboa was also named as a sub against Newcastle, Pocognoli's still out in the cold, Sessegnon's well and truly back in the fold, we all know Anichebe has problems keeping fit, and I also think we all know he was never worth £6 million.

I was referring to the original post i.e. the fact that about 1/3 of the senior pros were apparetly being trained separately from the rest of the squad earlier in the season, and some of them still are.